Re: US/UK dual citizenship - passport misery
Given the distances involved, it's no big surprise that most adults in the US do not have a passport. They could certainly get one, but don't need it for their normal vacations to Florida, Maine, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Alaska, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, etc.
Paris to Berlin is 650 miles. That's about the same distance from my home in Boston to my inlaw's in Cleveland. A trip to visit my mother in FL would be 1300 miles. A visit to friends in San Jose, CA would be about 3100 miles.